missioner
Britishnoun
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a less common name for missionary
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a person heading a parochial mission in a Christian country
Example Sentences
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The Rev. Bradley Hauff, the Episcopal Church’s missioner for Indigenous ministries, who is Lakota and a member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, said faith groups must confront their history of collaboration on the schools.
From Seattle Times • May 14, 2022
“We all need to work together on this,” said the Rev. Bradley Hauff, a Minnesota-based Episcopal priest and missioner for Indigenous Ministries with the Episcopal Church.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 22, 2021
The Rev. Elizabeth Bonforte Gardner, currently interim rector at the Church of the Epiphany in downtown Washington, will become interim missioner for young adults on Aug. 8.
From Washington Post • Jul. 22, 2016
The Reverend Canon Anna Norman-Walker, a diocesan missioner at Exeter Cathedral, recalls Michelle confiding that she had "lost count" of the number of social workers she had had.
From The Guardian • Jan. 20, 2013
“Your villagers will certainly think it strange to see their mistress walking with the poor missioner who wasn’t allowed to hold his services.”
From The Missioner by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
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